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#roadtrauma — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Motorists killing road workers? Money over lives?
    We'd rather not know

    "The way road trauma was classified contributed to that visibility problem."

    "A traffic controller killed at a roadworks site does not appear in a public 'road worker' category."

    "...While Queensland published weekly road toll figures, there was no one publicly accessible source that integrated public road fatalities, work-related road deaths, serious injury hospitalisations in one place or in near-real time. Road workers are especially vulnerable because they are exposed on high-speed corridors where a single reckless decision can have catastrophic consequences."

    "Tragically, one afternoon Suzanne was struck by a truck travelling 106km/h in a 60km/h zone. The truck drove on the footpath and killed her." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-03-10/qld
    #roads #RoadTrauma #RoadFatalities #SacrificeZone #cars #OHS #work #RoadToll #RoadSafety #accountability #NegativeExternalities #invisibility #speed #footpaths

    Image: Coffs Harbour, Pacific Highway conveyor belt 'upgrade', less bush but ready for a bright fossil fuel future without cycle paths and footpaths.

    #roads #roadtrauma #roadfatalities #sacrificezone #cars #ohs
  2. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Biodiversity under the wheels near Repton

    "ANGELA Wallace is one of many people upset about the number of koalas being killed on local roads....Little has been done to mitigate these deaths, with another koala recently killed near Repton. “No wonder our iconic koala (dunggirr) is endangered with our roads as ‘killing zones’, deforestation [causing a] loss of habitat, and them trying to survive extreme weather events such as fires and floods.”

    "She pointed out that where the koala died, the wildlife fence nearby was thickly overgrown with lantana and a nearby underpass was almost impenetrable due to a mass of lantana."

    If an injured, sick or orphaned native animal is found, WIRES can be contacted on 1300 094 737.
    >>
    coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.a
    #biodiversity #koalas #roads #highway #signage #KillingZones #cars #speeding #RoadDeath #RoadTrauma #deforestation #weeds #Wildlife #Repton #Bonville #fencing #BongilBongil #governance #NSW #NSWKillingKoalas #thylacines

    #biodiversity #koalas #roads #killingzones #cars #roaddeath